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How Plants Wax Their Leaves

October 27, 2004

Plants have a waxy coating on their leaves, some more and some less, a fact many gardeners may notice without much thought. A recent paper by two plant biologists in Science1 reveals that even this seemingly ordinary feature comes about only through a complex process in plant cells. The waxy coating, called the cuticle, is […]

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Creationist-Hating Evolutionist Chides Darwin Bulldogs

September 2, 2004

Steve Jones (Galton Laboratory, University College, London) wrote a book review in Nature this week1, that, while witty, leaves the reader wondering what he really thinks. One thing is clear: he hates creationists with a vengeance– In a recent magazine poll, Richard Dawkins, with his trademark hobbit smile, was voted Britain’s top intellectual (a welcome […]

Fossils

Extinctions Too Complex for Simple Stories

August 26, 2004

Impact theories of extinction are fighting for their own survival. A commentary in PNAS1 warns that extinction theories are more complex than can be handled by a single event, like a meteor impact. At best, they might be invoked as the coup-de-grace in a series of situations. Hermann Pfefferkorn reveals the complexities in the Permian […]

Politics and Ethics

Interview

August 24, 2004

Lest anyone suspect that atheism is no longer an issue, it’s “Reign of Terror Week” on The History Channel. No fictional horror film could match what this series is revealing. The episode Inside North Korea is a must see about the unbelievably horrible atrocities going on now in one atheist regime under the […]

Birds

Humans Lose Some, Win Some in Animal Olympics

August 17, 2004

Imagine humans competing in Olympic events with animals. Astrobiology Magazine predicts we would lose many events, but excel in others: “In most cases of physical competition, the animals beat us at our own games,” says the website’s staff writer, Dr. David Noever. 100 Meter Sprint: Cheetah wins the gold at 3 seconds. Silver goes to […]

Birds

So Is Archaeopteryx a Transitional Form, Or Not?

August 5, 2004

An international team set out to determine if the skull features of Archaeopteryx, the famous fossil bird, indicated whether it was capable of flight. The answer reported in Nature1 was affirmative: Here we show the reconstruction of the braincase from which we derived endocasts of the brain and inner ear. These suggest that Archaeopteryx closely […]

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Book Review

August 4, 2004

In his daily Breakpoint commentary, Chuck Colson briefly reviews William Dembski’s new book Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing. Colson was especially taken by the interchange between David Berlinski and the pro-Darwinists. It led him to think, “Suffice it to say, after reading this chapter, and better yet this book, you’ll realize that Darwinism […]

Education

In the Last Days There Shall Be Scoffers

July 28, 2004

Current Biology this week contains two entries either attacking creationism or exalting Charles Darwin.1,2 Nigel Williams reports on the 100th birthday of Ernst Mayr (see 07/02/2004 headline), and his “tireless campaign against creationism”: Ernst Mayr, the renowned evolutionary biologist and champion of Darwin, celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this month by leading a scathing attack […]

Dumb Ideas

Key to Evolution of Culture Suggested

June 28, 2004

Visualize chimpanzees exercising their antics in the jungle: grooming, screeching at one another, chasing off rivals. Now shift the scene to human activities in a large city: fans cheering their team at a stadium, an audience applauding a concert, kids screaming on an amusement park roller coaster, a congregation singing hymns at church, students taking […]

Education

Montana Schools Not Allowed to Question Darwinism

May 13, 2004

“Objective origins” is against the law in Darby, Montana (see 02/27/2004 headline). A policy change proposed by a local minister would have encouraged students to “analyze scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories, including the theory of evolution.” It didn’t lose because of a vote on the policy, or because of the threats of […]

Dumb Ideas

Evolutionists Reduce Human Ideals to Molecules

November 20, 2002

Two recent stories illustrate the attempt by some evolutionary biologists to reduce complex human behaviors to chance events among molecules. You Are What You Get High On: Michael Balter in ScienceNow asked, “Did endorphins make us more human?” Pondering that question is a photo of a chimp and a naked ape (i.e., man) facing opposite […]

Fossils

Another Tetrapod Ancestor Claimed

October 20, 2002

Maybe the Aussies want their share of missing link notoriety; an unusual fish with bony fins has been discovered in western Australia, reported in Nature.1 The bigger the splash a missing link makes for reporters, the better. The story on Science Daily said, “A fossil fish discovered in the West Australian Kimberley has been identified […]

Cell Biology

Stupid Evolution Quote of the Week: Let Darwin Take Over

August 20, 2002

Jack Szostak (Harvard Medical Center) wins this week’s prize for a comment in an Associated Press article (see PhysOrg) claiming that scientists will create life in a test tube within 10 years. Szostak was explaining the process of creating a cell membrane to the reporter: His idea is that once the container is made, if […]

Intelligent Design

Depressed Kerry Supporters Find New Cause: Fight Creationism

July 20, 2002

A grass-roots group of Virginia liberal Democrats has found a new cause to lift them out of their depression after John Kerry’s defeat last fall, according to a Washington Post article reprinted by MSNBC News: “Keep Virginia evolving.” Their chosen mission is to defend evolution from intrusions by the intelligent design movement and conservative Republicans […]

Dumb Ideas

Media Becoming Ambivalent on How to Spin Evolution

June 20, 2002

Anti-evolutionists remain the whipping boys of science, but some reporters, at least, seem to be waffling on the effectiveness of the torture. For others, the heat of the battle is apparently wearing them down. Some even seem to be entertaining treasonous thoughts that the Darwinists are unable or unwilling to provide the promised reinforcements. Chimp […]

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